Artist	Song
St Albans Cathedral Choirs, Andrew Lucas & Ensemble DeChorum	Gloria: III. Vivace e ritmico
from Rutter: Gloria - Magnificat - Te Deum (2011)
Metamorphosen & Scott Yoo	Voyage
from Metamorphosen (1996)
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury	One Star, At Last
from On Christmas Day (2005)
Gidon Kremer, Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic	Violin Concerto (1984): I. Twilight: Free and Spacious - Attacca
from Leonard Bernstein: The Americans (2004)
Chicago Pro Musica	Pastoral for Clarinet and Piano
from Carter: Early Chamber Music (2000)
Edgar Meyer & Emerson String Quartet	Quintet for String Quartet and Contrabass: Movement IV
from Meyer: Quintet & Rorem: Quartet (2003)
Soyeon Lee	Nine Bagatelles
from 2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Preliminary Round - Soyeon Lee (2005)
Itzhak Perlman	3 American Pieces: Early Song (Andante)
from The American Album (2003)
Roger Heaton	Three Elegies: No. 2
from Roger Heaton (1994)
David Arden	Brin
from Berio: The Complete Works for Solo Piano (1986)
Markus Hauke & Mainz Percussion Ensemble	Quartet for 4 Percussionists: I. Moderate
from John Cage - Music for Percussion Quartet (1998)
Claudio Abbado & Wiener Philharmoniker	Notations: 3. Très Modéré
from Wien Modern (1990)
Meredith Monk & Wayne Hankin	Atlas: Travel Dream Song
from M. Monk: Atlas (2008)
Milwaukee 20th Century Ensemble & Pavel Burda	Giuocco Dei Colpi, Op. 105
from Salzedo: Epifanía (2002)
Balanescu Quartet	String Quartet No.2: 3. III
from Michael Nyman: String Quartets Nos.1-3 (2007)
Ensemble InterContemporain & Pierre Boulez	Chamber Concerto for 13 Instrumentalists: 1. Corrente (Fliessend)
from Ligeti: Chamber Concerto, Ramifications, String Quartet No.2, Aventures & Lux aeterna (1988)
Massimiliano Damerini	Nr. 4 Klavierstück VII
from Piano XX, Vol. 2 (2006)
John Sampen & Marilyn Shrude	Mirrorrim
from Visions In Metaphor (2001)
Chicago Symphony Chorus & John Nelson	Amen, Opus 35
from Henryk Górecki: Miserere (2005)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & William Alwyn	'Lyra Angelica' Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra: I. Adagio
from William Alwyn: Concerto Grosso No. 2, Autumn Legend & Lyra Angelica (2007)
Gerard Schwarz & New York Chamber Symphony	Notturno for Strings and Harp: III. Adagio
from Irving Fine: Notturno, Partita, String Quartet & The Hour Glass (2005)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Safri Duo & Thomas Dausgaard	Bach to the Future: I. C Major
from Norgard, Reich, Siegel & Veldhuis: Works for Percussion Duo (1998)
London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox	Suffolk Suite: I. Prelude: Moderato
from Carwithen: Piano Concerto - Bishop Rock - ODTAA - Suffolk Suite (1997)

Comment:

In the classical music world, just as in our daily lives, everything old is new again, and we have the selections to back up our contention. Danish composer Per Norgard's "Bach to the Future: I. C Major" is the first movement of a fantasy on Bach's preludes from "The Well-Tempered Clavier," performed with a certain airy playfulness by a pair of percussionists known as the Safri Duo, supported by the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. While Poland's Henryk Górecki's haunting "Amen" remains resolutely modernist in its sound (which was dubbed by some critics as part of the "holy minimalist" movement), his theme is as ancient as Western music itself, steeped in the majesty and mystery of faith. And Academy Award®-winning American composer John Corigliano's "Voyage for Flute and String Orchestra," performed by flautist James Galway and the Eastman Philharmonia, conducted by David Effron, has roots in the lush, pastoral sounds of Ives and Debussy.

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